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would you ever get a literary tattoo?..

>> No.8580140

No, I'm not a retarded pseud

>> No.8580152

I would never get a tattoo.

>> No.8580156

Of course not.

>> No.8580166

im gonna get JIMJ OYCE on my knuckles

>> No.8580175

>>8580134
no because I am with Thurn and Taxis

>> No.8580180

>>8580134
Just might as well write "so it goes" there

>> No.8580199

Possibly a small black and white Plath portrait. Or maybe a little Athena.

>> No.8580209

No.

>> No.8580215

>>8580134
Someone explain this meme tattoo. I'm not entirely familiar with the /lit/ canon.

>> No.8580227

>>8580215
It's a depiction of the sex toy Nabokov described Lolita using.

>> No.8580244 [DELETED] 

>>8580215
>>8580227
It's actually the symbol of the "Trystero" society(?) from the novel The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, newfriend.

>> No.8580255

>>8580244
DELETE THIS

>> No.8580256

>>8580244
*novella

>> No.8580266
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>>8580255

>> No.8580269

Absolutely not.

>> No.8580274
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>>8580215

>> No.8580283

You would think a literary tattoo would be actual literature: the beauty of the written word, not just a symbol to prove you read a book roleplay you are in a deep secret society.

>> No.8580286

>>8580134
This girl needed a muted tuba

>> No.8580287

>>8580215
It's the symbol of the Trystero shit on The Crying of Lot 49.

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>>8580134
Yeah buddy.

>> No.8580298

Fuck you and your tattoos

>> No.8580299

>>8580289
Ugh... Dear god.

>> No.8580320

I have a line from a poem on my arm.

>> No.8580323
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>> No.8580329

>>8580323
https://www.buzzfeed.com/laraparker/incredible-tattoos-inspired-by-the-fault-in-our-stars

>> No.8580399

>>8580134
I would never get a tattoo

>> No.8580414
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>>8580199
you sound cute as hell. I wanna be your bad dog

>> No.8580422

>>8580329
I'm pretty mad I actually clicked on that. There was maybe on tattoo on there that wasn't total shit

>> No.8580438

I'm going to get a can of ubik on my ankle :^)

>> No.8580450

>>8580329
these are painful to look at. some of them cover their entire arm... just get a poster of the quote, don't etch it into your body forever

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>> No.8580478

>>8580289
I cannot believe how ugly that turned out.

>> No.8580491

>>8580289
Oh man that's awesome

>> No.8580517

Shoot me in the face if I ever get any tattoo.

>> No.8580523
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8580523

>not getting In the Penal Colony, in its entirety, tattooed on your back.

>> No.8580541

>>8580329
fucking kill me now. Those are adults

>> No.8580563

>>8580523
He'll fucking light your grill and not dispose of the spent charcoal properly

>> No.8580571

>>8580289
This can't be real. Citation needed.

>> No.8580580
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8580580

I've thought about getting a tattoo of Buer for around a decade

>> No.8580603
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>>8580414
Teehee <3

I actually AM pretty gosh darn cute, I'm usually the bad dog though. Though it's hard to seem bad when you're reciting Lady Lazarus to someone.

>> No.8580607

>>8580134

>would you ever get a literary tattoo?..

lol.

nope.

>> No.8580614

>>8580134
I got a pi and a theta tattooed from the Consolation of Philosophy by Boetius

>> No.8580621

Hey guys, do you know why I can't get my cock hard anymore? I'm only 76 years old.

>> No.8580656

i'd first tell everyone that i'm addicted to trap doujins before i get a 'literary' tattoo

>> No.8580674

>>8580289
why are the short books so thin and the long books the same thickness?

>> No.8580712

>>8580603
what's your throwaway email? I bet you could make even my life sound good

>> No.8580721

>>8580712
totesdope@gmail.com

>> No.8580730

>>8580517
you should get that phrase tattooed

>> No.8580745

>searched "Stirner tattoo" on Google
>nothing

I will be the first.

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>>8580745
try this one lad

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>>8580329
>Buzzfeed Books
Why is this a thing

>> No.8580827

>>8580787
Just looks like France

>> No.8580989

>>8580787
>spooks

>> No.8580998

>>8580674
she needs big letters for the small books and small letters for the big ones
they are custom prints, you absolute pleb

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>>8580745
This one's cool, I think it's Stirner's hat.

>> No.8581015

>>8581002
You fool that's a snake that's swallowed an elephant

>> No.8581024

>>8580603
really? that poem really tries too hard with shock value, some of it came of as p adolescent to me. def think it could be bad dog material dont sell urself short mang

>> No.8581025

>>8580998
Ugh, it's like
>>8580674
has never even made a bespoke leather bound edition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower with the spine simply saying PERKS in gilded letters on 165 gsm paper stock and then having it signed by Stephen Chbosky and Emma Watson.

Pleb

>> No.8581034

>>8581015
hm seems gary larson esque

is that far side tattoo disguised as a literary tattoo?

>> No.8581037

>>8581015
fuck off spook

>> No.8581190

>>8580134
tattoos are for uninhibited manchildren and whores

>> No.8581279

>>8581190

A loyal whore is the best of both worlds.

>> No.8581346

>>8580329
I can't tell if this upsets me, or makes me glad that these people are literally branding themselves and making themselves noticeable and avoidable.

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>>8581034
In case you honestly aren't familiar with it, it's from The Little Prince.

>> No.8581384

>>8580329
Oh god, Buzzfeed has a books section.

>> No.8581474

>>8581357
is that a larson collection. i really only read larson.

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>>8580134
how unique

>> No.8581772

Tattoos are dumb fun so a literary tattoo is annoying ironic or too literal to take seriously.

>> No.8581882

>>8580323

That a reference to Doublethink from 1984? Because it's pretty smart.

>> No.8581954

>>8580283
I hear ya, seems to me that literature isn't something that lends itself to tattoos very well. Tattoos are more superficial and work for band logo's or Steve O's face but the beauty of books lies in the displaying of concepts and worldviews and in the construction of sentences which aren't things that work very well visually most of the time. I guess you could get a Pynchon Trumpet but even then, I'd feel like a pretentious douche having a thing like that on my lower thigh. Why should I be showing off whatever "intellectual" book I read to the world? But that's maybe more of a problem with tattoos as a whole, I could never identify with something so much and so permanently that I'd want it on my arm or sprawling over my buttcrack. The fact that you're screaming to other people
>Look what I like
>Look what I like
really goes against why I like things. I like my favorite book because I like it, not because it fits whatever identity I want to portray to the world.

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8581962

>Implying tattoos are anything other than an ineffective way for inwardly boring people to make themselves outwardly interesting

>> No.8581965

No because tattoos are for retards and slutty girls who are prone to making bad decisions.

>> No.8581975

>>8581965

>No because tattoos are for retards and slutty girls who are prone to making bad decisions

This. Weirdest first (and last) date I was on was with a 25 year old (somewhat) tattooed German girl who claimed that she didn't want to mess around due to wanting a family/etc, only to invite me back to her place and fuck after drinks.

>> No.8581978

>>8581962
>tfw maybe some of us don't want to have something that draws more attention to our fat, ugly autistic selves.

>> No.8581979

>>8581975
>impromptu, unplanned, spontaneous sex

That is unusual. Sex is normally takes a measured, calm, reasonable approach and emotions stay out of it.

>> No.8581981

>>8581979

It was weirder than it sounds, now that you put it that way.

>>8581978

Are you mocking the person you're responding to or what?

>> No.8581983

>>8581979
Stop being a sperg, he meant she had poor impulse control despite wanting to be more "proper".

>> No.8581985

>>8581981
Sex is unusual in that it is simultaneous silly and serious.

and, #2, no I am mocking myself, desu.

>> No.8581987

>>8581755
It's a symbol that in part implies membership of a group, why would you criticise it for not being original?
>All those soldiers are wearing the same uniform, don't they have any ideas of their own?
>Why does everyone in your family share a surname, you're so unoriginal!
You are literally the stupidest person.

>> No.8581988

>>8581983
That is "unusual."

>> No.8582007

>>8581988
Boy, you've got the 'tism something fierce.

>> No.8582009

>>8582007
no meme pls

>> No.8582011

>>8580329

#1 Literally looks like it was done with fineliner and there's paper in the background so it probably was
#2 That quote is wrong, there's supposed to be a question mark
#3 Looks like a mediocre artist did a quick drawing and the entire top left corner looks like a shitty artist did a quick drawing
#4 Is that just some random person's handwriting?
#5 Pseud word in a pseud font
#6 Why would you use a lower case i you hipster faggot
#7 Nice raggedy piano you hipster faggot
#8 Gay
#9 Enjoy wearing short sleeve shirts you unemployed faggot
#10 Why would you use a lower case t you hipster faggot
#11 Wow you sure do have some well rendered splatters on your skin
#12 Why would you take the context out of that quote? Half the people that read that will think it's about penetration
#13 Shit composition, shit font, shit illustration, looks like it was done with a sharpie
#14 Cluttered bullshit that requires you to turn your wrist in order to read
#15 What the fuck is wrong with these pretending-to-be-artistic millennials and their hatred of capital letters?

In conclusion, cancer/10

>> No.8582013

#8582011 Overflowing with ressentiment. I feel sorry for you.

>> No.8582015

>>8582013

You're using ressentiment wrong.

>> No.8582019

>>8580166
never heard of him

>> No.8582022

>>8582013
Oh I'm such a repressed hateful retard because I made jokes about a bunch of undeniably shitty tattoos

>> No.8582023

>>8581002
my lady!!

>> No.8582025

>>8582022
They're not really jokes though, are they? You're just making rude comments about people who can't even see them.

>> No.8582026

>>8582025
Man I thought my jokes were funny that's so rude I'm offended

>> No.8582029

>>8581987
So which part of the body is your horn tattoo on?

>> No.8582030

>>8582026
do you understand that rudeness is a thing even beyond the SJW boogeyman?

>> No.8582042

>>8582030
Do you understand that the people with those awesome tattoos are not in this thread and that there's a thing called a joke and there's also this thing called you're on 4chan why are you even here if you're not going to shitpost and laugh

>> No.8582046

>>8580289
>a Rand novel and an Orwell novel touching each other

I can't look!

>> No.8582065

>>8582042
There's a thing called a joke and there's a thing called putting loads of effort just into being unpleasant because of misplaced anger.

>> No.8582070

>>8580656
>Pass user since 2014
wait, what? is that new?

>> No.8582092

>>8582070
Yes, show just how tragic you are with pride.

>> No.8582175

>>8580175
youre a w.a.s.t.e of space

>> No.8582213

>>8582065
You couldn't even work out how to reply to the guy at first, if you can't handle mean comments you might as well hang yourself now or fuck off to tumblr you disgusting waste of space

>> No.8582238

>>8580134
I have no idea what I am doing. Why would I make my decisions permanent? I'm a retard. I can't trust myself with that kind of responsibility.

>> No.8582277
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8582277

Get tattoos of book titles and quoted I made up and act offended when nobody recognises them

>> No.8582286

>>8582238
That's why you're not a retard

>> No.8582308

>>8582286
I'm cautious. If I were to get a tattoo now, it'd probably be some Stinermeming and Don Quixote. I'm certain that the Stirnermeme would be regrettable, and I don't trust myself enough for Don Quixote.

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>>8582011
>>8582013
>>8582022
>>8582025
>>8582026
>>8582030
>>8582042
>>8582065
>>8582213

>> No.8582355

You guys know in Infinite Jest the little circle thing that signifies the beginning of a new "chapter" ?

Is it corny if I get one of those tattooed on me. Just like a little one, and in a place that's not like incredibly obvious. I really like the book, but more importantly I think it marks my foray into "serious" literature yknow?

>> No.8582364

>>8582213
I was imitating the way he was writing a list using hashtags, that is something called "satire" which should have been obvious to anyone who actually knows what humour is. Thanks for further demonstrating how utterly clueless you are.

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>>8582355
Wait 5 years.

I'm 25 and the ideas I had for tattoos when I was 16, 17, 18 make me want to hang myself, and that's without actually having put them on my body.

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>>8582277
Brilliant. Also, nice double dubs

>> No.8582417

>>8582371
Lmao. I'm definitely only 19 so I'll be sure to wait on that. Thanks

>> No.8582421

>>8582371
what were the ideas

>> No.8582448
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>>8582371
It's not a phase, this is who I am!

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>>8582421
The worst /lit/ one was a graphic/vector portrait of Plato, possibly on the ribs or pec. I'd read half of The Republic and blindly read through Poppers critique of it and thought I should permanently etch myself with his (Plato's) face - which is pretty fucked.

The worst one in general was a black rising sun on my Bicep, that was when I was 17.

I thank my pussy younger self that I never actually followed through with anything.

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>>8581882

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>>8582448
THIS IS ME NOW

>> No.8582519

One year ago I got a tattoo of Max Stirner on my shoulder.

AMA

>> No.8582520

>>8580523
I want to go clockwork orange and american psycho and this guy

>> No.8582535

>>8581979
Kek

>> No.8582867

Tattoos are dumb, but in my less sober moments I have honestly thought about getting one of Bryon the Bulb done on some easily hidden part of my body.

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>>8580791

>> No.8583126

>>8580140
correct answer

the rest of you are fruity little fucks

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>>8582371
This is my exact experience. I feel occasional pangs of regret over tattoos I never had.

>> No.8583200

>>8582371
Haha this.

I remember having some idea about having a buddha head sliced off and some ronin samurai in the background. it basically amounted to
>dude spooks lmao

I have had other terrible ideas but I'm glad I've never gotten one. Looking back on how retarded they all were

>> No.8583208

I always get the urge to make fun of literary tattoos whenever I see these threads, and completely forget that I actually have one.

I have Hunter S. Thompson's Gonzo logo tattooed on my forearm. I really hate it, huge mistake getting it, like all my tattoos really. There was a period I was doing nothing but drinking and reading shit like HST, what can I say.

People always ask me about it, and I don't want to talk about it. "What's that say?" they ask and I always go, "I dunno." and just try to ignore any other questions from them. Recently someone asked about it and I said, "What tattoo?" Then they're like, "That red and black tattoo on your arm, what is it?" and I said "Oh, I'm colorblind, I don't see anything."

I think I'm going to start using that one more.

>> No.8583265

I want an excerpt from Ulysses in pt.12 taking up the entirety of my back
I'm talking full back ink tatted
I just need to find the write font, I'm leaning towards Ariel but I'm curious as to how it might look in webdings.

>> No.8583296

I'll never get a tattoo, but if I had to get one I'd get one of the songs from GR. the one about Go-Round Number Three maybe